2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series

The 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held from 5 to 17 May in Ireland.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series featuring Bangladesh, Ireland and the West Indies, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). The ODI fixtures were part of Bangladesh and West Indies' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[3][4] Bangladesh also played a 50-over warm-up match against Ireland A on 5 May 2019.[5]

Not to be confused with 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.

2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
Date5–17 May 2019
LocationIreland
Result Bangladesh won the series
Player of the series Shai Hope
Teams
 Bangladesh  Ireland  West Indies
Captains
Mashrafe Mortaza William Porterfield Jason Holder
Most runs
Soumya Sarkar (193) Paul Stirling (207) Shai Hope (470)
Most wickets
Mustafizur Rahman (6)
Mashrafe Mortaza (6)		 Boyd Rankin (5) Shannon Gabriel (8)

The West Indies were the first team to qualify for the final, after they beat hosts Ireland in the fourth match of the series.[6] Bangladesh also qualified for the final, after they beat the West Indies in the fifth match.[7] Bangladesh won the series, after beating the West Indies by five wickets in a rain-affected final.[8] It was the first time that Bangladesh had won a multi-team international tournament.[9]

Squads
 Bangladesh[10]  Ireland[11]  West Indies[12]

In late April 2019, Taskin Ahmed and Farhad Reza were added to Bangladesh's squad.[13] Mark Adair was added to Ireland's squad, replacing Stuart Thompson, who was ruled out due to injury.[14] After initially naming a squad for their first two ODIs, Ireland named an unchanged squad for the remaining fixtures.[15]

Tour match

50-over match: Ireland A vs Bangladesh
5 May 2019
11:45
Scorecard
Ireland A
307/8 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
219 (42.4 overs)
James McCollum 102 (109)
Taskin Ahmed 3/66 (10 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 54 (43)
Simi Singh 4/51 (9 overs)
Ireland A won by 88 runs
The Vineyard, Dublin
Umpires: Michael Foster (Ire) and Mary Waldron (Ire)
  • Ireland A won the toss and elected to bat.

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Bangladesh 4 3 0 0 1 0 14 0.622
2  West Indies 4 2 2 0 0 1 9 0.843
3  Ireland (H) 4 0 3 0 1 0 2 −1.783
Source: [16]
(H) Host.

Fixtures

1st ODI
5 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
West Indies 
381/3 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
185 (34.4 overs)
John Campbell 179 (137)
Barry McCarthy 2/76 (10 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 68 (77)
Ashley Nurse 4/51 (7.4 overs)
West Indies won by 196 runs
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: John Campbell (WI)

2nd ODI
7 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
West Indies 
261/9 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
264/2 (45 overs)
Shai Hope 109 (132)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3/49 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 80 (116)
Roston Chase 1/51 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shane Dowrich (WI) made his ODI debut.
  • Aleem Dar became the third umpire, and first from Pakistan, to officiate in 200 ODIs.[23]
  • Shai Hope became the fastest batsman for the West Indies, in terms of number of innings, to score 2,000 runs in ODIs (47).[24]

3rd ODI
9 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

4th ODI
11 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland 
327/5 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
331/5 (47.5 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 135 (124)
Shannon Gabriel 2/47 (10 overs)
Sunil Ambris 148 (126)
Boyd Rankin 3/65 (7.5 overs)
West Indies won by 5 wickets
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
Player of the match: Sunil Ambris (WI)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sunil Ambris (WI) scored his first century in ODIs.[25]
  • This was the West Indies' highest successful run chase in ODIs.[26]

5th ODI
13 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
West Indies 
247/9 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
248/5 (47.2 overs)
Shai Hope 87 (108)
Mustafizur Rahman 4/43 (9 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 63 (73)
Ashley Nurse 3/53 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Mustafizur Rahman (Ban)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Raymon Reifer (WI) and Abu Jayed (Ban) both made their ODI debuts.

6th ODI
15 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
Ireland 
292/8 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
294/4 (43 overs)
Paul Stirling 130 (141)
Abu Jayed 5/58 (9 overs)
Liton Das 76 (67)
Boyd Rankin 2/48 (7 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf
Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
Player of the match: Abu Jayed (Ban)

Final
17 May 2019
10:45
Scorecard
West Indies 
152/1 (24 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
213/5 (22.5 overs)
Shai Hope 74 (64)
Mehedi Hasan 1/22 (4 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 66 (41)
Raymon Reifer 2/23 (3.5 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets (DLS method)
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Paul Reynolds (Ire)
Player of the match: Mosaddek Hossain (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bangladesh were set a revised target of 210 runs from 24 overs due to rain.

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